Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-26
washington Letter.
CsFon our Regular cOrrsspOndent,)


(From our Regular Correspondent
WAsuINGTON, Feb Is. '87.
Congress has accomplished very little
during ne week IN the way of import
ant national legislation. The people
u Washington are well satisfied with
What has been done, however. mas
much as considerable progress was
made with local affairs in which they
are much interested. Washington Is
the ''prOtege" Of Congress. The Dis
trict Of Columbia is governed entirely
BY Congress- is dependent and com
PEELED 10 look to Congress for eVerv-
thing. Naturally it thinks Congress
never does enough for it, and Is a chron-
ic complainant Of neglect.
1t is thought that the Presidents veto
Of the Dependant Pension bill will be
sustained although the House passed
the bill by more than a two thirds ma
1Ority, which would be sufficient to pass
il over the veto. The Presidents veto
message proved a powerful converter,
and many members who supported the
bill on the understanding that it would
not cost more than "a 200, 600 would
now oppose it. since they are convinced
that it would take about twenty times
$1,000 200 out Of the Treasury.
Petitions for the passage --ibs-E3lair
Educational bill Sea ron the skies. To-
Congress. ThEsarts is relgning. ~ I'll
lions OF the Stats-s-4--- t,.--s.,4s. II
is estimated that over 80, ~ Clsizens, q
large number of whom are voters, have
thus petitiOned over their own sigma
ture. Then the members of the great
national associations collectively as So
cieties and organizations have united in
this request. Among these are the w.
e. L. U.s the two great national Teach
Frs Associations, the Knights of Labor,
and many churches and missionary So
cieties.
Now that all speculation in regard to
Secretary Manning's plans and inten-
tiOns have subsidized with the publica-
tiOn of his letter Of resignation and the
Presidents reply the gossips have turn
cd 10 the task Of appointing his sue
cessOr. Beside Assistant Secretary
kairchild, the names Of Minister Pen
dlctOn and ex-senator Mcdonald, both
of whom are now IN the city, are men
toned for the place. 1t is stated that
the new officer will be nominated before
the adjournment of Congress, so that
he may be confirmed, although the
President has requested Mr.. Manning
10 continue to serve until the lst OF
april
The members of Congress who have
done most of the legislation this winter
are those who belong 10 the House COM /
mittee on Appropriations They are
about the best workers in Congress /
They sit around a long table covered |
with blue and each particular member |
seems bent on stopping up the leaks IN |
tbs Treasury. Hon. Samuel Randall, |
who is Chairman in fact as well as in /
name, sits at the head OF the table, and /
IN his rather dOmineering manner, does |
at least one half Of the talking. he is /
Just little impatienJ, intOlerant. and /
impolite as regards the suggestions of |
his fellow committeeman who differ from |
him, but he is liked by them neVerthe- |
less.
Next TO the Chairman sits Gen. For
ney, of Alabama, hugely built but sill /
enl. Beside him may be seen the alleg- |
cd watchdog of the Treasury, Judge |
Holman, OF Indiana, who objects to
every appropriation, however small |
lie talks as much as the chairman viii
allow, and ealiVens the dull committee
roOm with many little spEts At his Chief. |
Then there is Mr.. Towns bend, of H., |
who attacks Mr.. HOlman's meager al
lowances, and swartly Mr.. Burnes, of
Missouri, who talks wisely when he is
induced 10 speak at all. Messrs. Le-
Fevre, of Ohio, Adams, of New York,
aud Wilson, of w, Va, spend very lit
lie time in the committee room, but Mr.
Ceben, of Va, who is economically
minded, is always at his post, and takes
= prominent part in the deliberations.
The Republicans have five OF their
strongest men on this committee They
are Messrs. ButterWorth, of OHIO, Can
non, of Illinois, Ryan, of Kansas, Long
of Mass, Henderson, of Iowa, and Nc
Comas, of Maryland. Mr.. Cannon is
their leader, and is a good match for
Mr. Randall on all questions of finance
that arise. Gen. Henderson is called
the One-legged soldier because he is the
most liberal man on the committee as
20 any item that concerns soldiers.
Mr.. Long, besides being an excellent
worker, is distinguished for his elegant
manners. Mr.. McComas is young and
handsome AS well as man of weight,
and has a bright future, apparently.
lie is probably listened to with more
attention than any young man in Con-
gress- Mr.. Ryan talks little but works
q great deal in committee, and Ben.
Butterworth, as his friends Familiarity
call him, has less 10 say at committee
meetings than might be expected Of
member who shows to fine advantage
on the door of the House.